CODEBOOK

year - year
edition - semester of the year [I - jan to june; II - july to december]
sup - EU-wide weighted average: percentage positive answers to the question “Generally speaking, do you think that (OUR COUNTRY)'s membership of the European Union is...?”. Source: Eurobarometer.
dir - number of non-commission directives adopted in a semester. Source: own compilation based on EURLEX.
eupos - EU-wide weighted average of EU support in the Council. Source: own calculations based on Budge et al. 2001. For details see paper.
une - EU-wide wieghted average of unemeployment (percentage). Source: own calculations based on OECD data.